Word: circus
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ancient one, the manner of presenting it goes far to redeem the commonplaceness of the subject. Mr. W. G. Tinckom-Fernandez's "Fleshings and a White Pony" contains the elements of a good story, but the setting is badly chosen. It seems hardly likely that even a circus rider would pour out the secrets of her heart to an utter stranger with the freedom with which the lady of the pink tights and the white pony is made to tell her story; and the insistence upon the setting by references to the passing crowds of trippers and the sights...
Metropolitan--"A Boy's eye View of a Circus," by J. Corbin '92; "Christmas and the Children," by E. S. Martin '77; "Lady Angela's Methods," by H. Rhodes '93: "If I Were Henry James," by E. S. Martin '77: "The Stage at Holiday Time," by J. E. Goodman...
...vigorous and full of life. The plot deals with the passionate and unselfish love of a native woman for a white adventurer. The story was, perhaps, inspired by Kipling's "Without Benefit of Clergy," but the author's development of the idea has many original merits. "A Circus Madonna," by Murray Seasongood '00 is a feeble attempt at delineation of character. "Mary," by Ernest A. Wye '01, is a most disappointing story. It starts well, but ends nowhere. After sketching characters and choosing a good setting for a plot, the writer evidently concluded to let "well enough alone...